Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
What is the first thing that ordinary people, for whom journalists are the proxy, ask when they meet a seismologist? It is certainly nothing technical like "What was the stress drop of the last earthquake in the Imperial Valley?" It is a sim ple question, which nevertheless summarizes...
by Zhenpeng Su
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
This thesis focuses on the construction and application of an electron radiation belt kinetic model including various adiabatic and non-adiabatic processes. The terrestrial radiation belt was discovered over 50 years ago and has received a resurgence of interest in recent years. The main drivers of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Internal wave dynamics in lakes (and oceans) is an important physical component of geophysical fluid mechanics of ‘quiescent’ water bodies of the Globe. The formation of internal waves requires seasonal stratification of the water bodies and generation by (primarily) wind forces. Because they...
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution
100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
“Relax,” writes author Mary DeMocker, “this isn’t another light bulb list. It’s not another overwhelming pile of parental ‘to dos’ designed to shrink your family’s carbon footprint through eco-superheroism.” Instead, DeMocker lays out a lively, empowering, and doable blueprint for...
Running Out of Water
The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Water is the world's life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we've grown accustomed to using it with abandon – individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an Olympic...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008
A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, and misguided ideologies and totalitarian regimes have darkened an entire era or a region. Advances in technology are adding...
Spaces of Capital
Towards a Critical Geography
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
David Harvey is the most influential geographer of our era, possessing a reputation that extends across the social sciences and humanities. Spaces of Capital, a collection of seminal articles and new essays spanning three decades, demonstrates why his work has had-and continues to have-such a major...
The New Carbon Architecture
Building to Cool the Climate
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
“Green buildings” that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon—the carbon emitted when materials are mined, manufactured, and transported—comprising some ten percent of global emissions. With the built environment...
The Carbon Code
How You Can Become a Climate Change Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Our world is getting hotter, and it’s our fault. Our addiction to fossil fuels is destroying not only our ancient planet, but our modern civilization. How can we protect our fragile ecosystems while preserving our way of life? How can we respond to climate change deniers who mock the fact that environmental...
by Leslie Paul Thiele
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe; innovations within the arts and sciences, business, design, engineering, and agriculture; historic policies and laws at municipal and state levels; and crucial international protocols and agreements. Yet...
The Economy of Green Cities
A World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level.
Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
European and Asian Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face. They do this by not repeating old patterns but by searching for new and innovative methods and instruments based on shared principles of a transitions...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This book puts the spotlight on Southern Africa, presenting a cutting-edge concept never previously explored in the context of climate change and putting forward arguments for regional integration and cooperation. The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) is the new water infrastructure...
Trashing the Planet
Examining Our Global Garbage Glut
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
On a global scale, humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmless—landfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up...